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D. Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 167-174

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From page 167...
... His current clients include the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) , for which he works on matters relating to Navy acquisition programs, and the Institute for Defense Analyses, for which he works on matters relating to the Quadrennial Defense Review.
From page 168...
... In addition, he serves on several boards and committees of government, industry, and academe, among them the board of trustees for the South Carolina Research Authority and on the board of directors for the University of South Carolina Research Institute and the Foundation for Research Development at the Medical University of South Carolina. In addition, he serves as chair of the Southeastern Universities Research Association's Maritime Technical Advisory Committee to the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia.
From page 169...
... Marine Corps in 1991 after 34 years of service. General Beckwith's military career includes senior leadership responsibilities in expeditionary warfare, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Force Programs.
From page 170...
... His research interests include ferroelectrics; ferroelastic and secondary ferroic phenomena; phase transitions; phenomenology of proper and improper ferroelectric, dielectric, piezoelectric, and pyroelectric crystals; ceramics and composites; electrostriction; measurement of electrostrictive strain; and processing and fabrication of multilayer ceramic structures for dielectric and piezoelectric applications.
From page 171...
... Mr. Hunt's long-time experience with sea and land mine warfare, as well as explosive ordnance disposal, covers sea and land mine countermeasures in World War II, explosive ordnance disposal in the Korean conflict, and some 70 technical reports on land and sea mines and countermeasures during his 35 years with the NRC.
From page 172...
... During his career, Mr. Mendelson was directly responsible for the design and development of turbofan engines, jet engine fuel controls, pyrophoric ignition systems, and thrust vector controls for rockets.
From page 173...
... Woodfin recently retired as a staff member of the Sandia National Laboratories, where his research interests included mine countermeasures and demining, as well as the development of rigid polyurethane foam to form roadways over the barriers and/or minefields encountered in the beach and surf zone regions during an amphibious assault. Previously, he worked at the Naval Weapons Center, Naval Undersea Center, and Boeing Commercial Airplane Division.
From page 174...
... Draper was the lead mechanical engineer at S.T. Research Corporation, where he provided technical and program management support for satellite earth station and small satellite design.


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